FEATURED ARTICLES ABOUT QUINTAL - PAGE 3

KOLKATA: Potato price has declined by Rs 100 per quintal in the wholesale market in Bengal. Potatoes from Hooghly which was hovering around Rs 1,300 per quintal a week ago has climbed down to Rs 1,200 per quintal. Gopal Mondol , a leading potato trader in the state said: ""Potatoes in most of the wholesale markets in Bengal has seen a downward revision in prices. "" Prices declined after the chief minister Mamta Banerjee intervened to put a check on prices. With the prices of potato soaring, the state government has also started selling the tuber from ration shops in the city and satellite town of Salt Lake.

NEW DELHI: Sugar registered a significant rise of Rs 100 per quintal in its prices at the wholesale market in the national capital today mostly after demand from bulk consumers and retailers picked up. Furthermore, check in supplies at prevailing levels by mills too supported the persistent rise in the sugar prices. Marketmen said revival of demand from bulk consumers, including soft drink and ice-makers, triggered by beginning of summer season, attributed steep rise in sweetener prices.

NEW DELHI: Amid expectations of normal rain, the government today approved a hike of Rs 60 in paddy support price (MSP) to Rs 1,310 per quintal in order to encourage farmers to grow more in the ongoing kharif season . The government also increased the minimum support price (MSP) of pulses and oilseeds by up to Rs 450 and Rs 320 per quintal, to boost ouput and reduce import dependence. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved MSPs of kharif crops for 2013-14 crop year (July-June)

NEW DELHI : Supported by short supplies, wholesale prices of select pulses spurted in the range of Rs.50-200 per quintal in the national capital on Tuesday. Urad Maharashtra and Rangoon traded Rs.200 each higher at Rs 2475-2680 and Rs 2680-2755 per quintal respectively. Urad dal chilka local and best quality followed suit and traded higher at Rs.2900-3200 and Rs 3250-3700 from previous levels of Rs.2880-3080 per quintal respectively. Traders said considerable fall in arrival from producing majors, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh mainly influenced the prices on the local wholesale market.

NEW DELHI: The government may tomorrow raise the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat by Rs 100 to Rs 1,450 per quintal to encourage farmers to cover more area under the crop in the ongoing rabi season, sources said. Wheat MSP is the rate at which government buys the grain from farmers. It is critical as it helps farmers decide the choice of crop. "The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is scheduled to meet tomorrow. The MSP for rabi crops, including wheat, for 2014-15 marketing year is on the agenda list," a government source said.

NEW DELHI: To encourage production of pulses and oilseeds, agri pricing commission CACP has suggested up to Rs 1,000 per quintal increase in their minimum support price for this year's kharif season. CACP, which advises the government on pricing policy for major farm produce, has recommended MSP of Rs 4,500 per quintal for green gram (moong), Rs 4,300 per quintal for black mapte (urad) and Rs 4,000 per quintal for tur for the 2012-13 kharif season starting June, an official said.

KOLKATA: The Centre has rejected the West Bengal government's claim that that it will provide an additional Rs 300 incentive over-and-above the minimum support price (MSP) for jute. "There is no plan for any additional price of Rs 300 per quintal over the MSP from Centre and neither the Textiles Ministry nor Agriculture Ministry has proposed for such support or relief," Menon told PTI. "Only the state (West Bengal) government is paying Rs 100 per quintal over MSP," she said.

AHMEDABAD: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) scientist expect sunflower prices to be in the range of Rs 2800-3000 per quintal during May and June this year. "Increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of sunflower and firm prices of edible oil will ensure remunerative prices to farmers," said Dr Jagrup Singh Sidhu,in charge of the Agricultural Market Intelligence Centre (AMIC) of the Department of Economics and Sociology at Punjab Agricultural University. The government increased the minimum support price (MSP)

NEW DELHI: The Agriculture Ministry has proposed a hike of Rs 115 per quintal in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat to Rs 1,285 per quintal to cover rising farm input cost and encourage farmers to increase acreage. Yesterday, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had said that MSP of rabi (winter) crops, including wheat, would be taken up in the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). According to sources, the ministry has circulated a CCEA note among various ministries recommending Rs 1,285 per quintal as MSP for wheat for the 2012-13 marketing year starting April 1. Wheat's support price for 2011-12 was Rs 1,170 per quintal, including a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal.

NEW DELHI: Rates of wholesale super basmati rice, mainly used for export purpose, shot up by Rs 400 per quintal in the national capital today on hectic buying by exporters. Trading sentiment remained bullish despite the government imposing an export duty of Rs 8,000 per tonne on basmati rice. Super basmati rice prices flared up by a whopping Rs 400 to Rs 8,000 a quintal while other varieties of basmati joined the firm trend and recorded moderate gains.